STEP 9: Place your soap bars on a drying rack or brown paper sack in a dry place and let cure for at least 30 days. Turn occasionally to expose all sides to air. After a 30 day cure, your soap is ready to use. Enjoy your handcrafted soap! This simple cold process soap recipe needs just 2 oils, from the grocery store.
Extra-virgin olive oil is made from the first cold pressing and contains the least amount of fatty acids (1%). It's the most fruity tasting and most expensive of the oils. Olive oil or pure olive oil is a combination of refined olive oil and extra-virgin. "Refined" means that the oil has undergone additional processing to neutralize any defects
3 liters of water. 3 liters of olive oil. 500 grams of soda. Although 372 grams of caustic soda would be enough to complete the reaction. When using 500 grams of soda, less effort is needed to make the soap, since the reaction is carried out faster. In some publications they recommend even adding 10% less soda so that free oil is left.
Olive oil can be purchased in 3-liter cans for about $12.00. For soap-making I tend to get the cheapest oil, but if you will use some of it for cooking, extra-virgin oil is worth the extra $2.00 or so. I have tried several other vegetable oils but none so far have made acceptable soap.
You’ll also need extra virgin 100% olive oil, and your choice of essential oils to finish the soap off. Make sure you stay protected with gloves and goggles, too – soapmaking can get very hot! First, make a lye solution by combining around 73 grams of sodium hydroxide lye crystals with 215 grams of distilled water.
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extra virgin olive oil soap recipe
